A Journey with William Billingsley
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Beschreibung
This e-book contains descriptions, prices and photographs of important examples of late 18th and early 19th century British porcelain from factories including Derby, Pinxton, Nantgarw and Swansea.
This e-book contains descriptions, prices and photographs of important examples of late 18th century and early 19th century British porcelain from factories including Derby, Pinxton, Nantgarw and Swansea. The examples given all form part of the selling exhibition "A journey with William Billingsley" made up of a collection of fine antique porcelain built up over 45 years by a private collector. The collection consists of 37 pieces and these follow Billingsley in his career as he moved from Derby to Pinxton and then on into Wales where he started up the Nantgarw porcelain factory with Samuel Walker before moving on to the Swansea factory.
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MORGAN DENYER
Dr Morgan Denyer was educated at The University College of North Wales Bangor where he gained a BSc and PhD. He then worked as a research scientist at The University of Glasgow and a Research Fellow at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan before becoming a Lecturer at The University of Bradford. During this time Morgan published over 60 journal papers and patents. He and his wife Rachel established Penrose Antiques Ltd in 2010. Morgan currently works full time in the antiques trade but still lectures at the University of Bradford as an Honorary member of staff.
Themen in »A Journey with William Billingsley«
Derby History Nantgarw Pinxton Porcelain Swansea William Billingsley